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Redefining the Box
Just like Madonna, I’m reinventing myself again and taking a Graduate Certificate in Instructional Design through Royal Roads University. I’m in the last third of my teaching career but I don’t feel nearly done yet. At the same time I’ve been remote teaching since March 2020 and it just isn’t as satisfying as being face-to-face.…
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Becoming Leidah by Michelle Grierson
Becoming Leidah by Michelle Grierson My rating: 5 of 5 stars I waited so long to get my hands on this debut novel for the Nordic setting and it’s dip into mythology. It’s just a quiet little Norwegian fishing village …or is it? One of the local fishermen, Pieter, happens to catch a little something…
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Changing the narrative
My call to action: stop teaching chronologically.
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Gutter Child by Jael Richardson
This is the must-read book of the year and I can’t wait to teach with it.
Angie Thomas, Black Lives Matter, Catherine Hernandez, Cherie Dimaline, civil rights movement, dystopia, Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD), Gutter Child, Jael Richardson, kekla magoon, literacy, OLA Superconference, Scarborough, The Black Panthers, the marrow thieves, the rock and the river, To Kill a Mockingbird
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Apocalypse Kitchen by Jen Mt. Pleasant
Apocalypse Kitchen by Jen Mt. Pleasant My rating: 4 of 5 stars I can’t wait to try out the recipes! Jen has some whacky treasures of how to save and preserve food for an apocalypse. I particularly enjoyed the section on proteins. She also has a taste for spicier stuff than I usually go for.…
threadbare beauty 